Puerto Deportivo De Garrucha
Tourist port
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Category
Ports -
Geographical Area
Mediterranean Spain -
Latitude
Lat 37° 11' 2'' N -
Longitude
Long 1° 49' 11'' W -
E-mail Address
pdgarrucha@yahoo.es -
Telephone
950132410 -
Fax Number
950132315 -
VHF
ch 09, 16 -
City
Garrucha -
Post Code
04630 -
Province
Almeria -
Country
Spain
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Address
Explanada Puerto, s/n
Features
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Minimum Draught
2 m -
Maximum Draught
4 m -
Boat Posts
249 -
Max Boat Length
12 m
Dock Services
Fuel
Water
Energy
Slide
Slipway
Crane
Travel Lift
Toilets
Showers
Fire Services
Engine Reparations
Electric Reparations
Weather Forecast Service
Anchorage Staff
Security Staff
Scuba Divers
Description
Ex-seas seas ", emerged from the sea, the motto of his coat.According to a Castilian chronicle of 1327, a raid by the troops of the Kingdom of Granada, there was a small village on the coast called Almoraic a championship from Mojacar and the direction Vera, perhaps the first historical reference of this city.These were frequent causes of these two cities, Vera and Mojacar, Garrucha annexing until independence in 1861, even after approval was delayed until a Vera Commission made a visit to Queen Elizabeth II and the Catholic Kings had to mediate establish in 1494 the tigual tax in which a fixed cost for each fish sold at the relative rate of borne, the funds raised are distributed in an established between these two cities share In its municipal term were the rest of the prehistoric, Iberian, Carthaginian and Roman settlements.The Moorish period there was a tower near the sea, on the place where now stands the munici pio, which served to protect the fishermen of Christian incursions, very common at that time to be near the border with the Kingdom of Murcia. In 1518 it was destroyed by an earthquake. The historical vestiges give the Puerto Deportivo de Garrucha a special interest when it comes to planning your visit. The fishing village of Garrucha has magnificent beaches, but can also visit the Church of San Joaquin and Jesus Nazareno Castillo, coastal fortification of the time of Charles III.